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For many people, the# BlackLivesMatter protests that occurred over the past 10 years were their first introduction to anti-Black racism and racially motivated violence. The protests showed them an aspect of Black life that they did not know existed. Similarly, the COVID-19 pandemic introduced many people to systemic racial inequities in healthcare due to poor access to vital resources like access to transportation, healthy foods, and clean air. For scholars whose work has always been at the intersection of anti-Black racism, health, and the social and political determinants of health, none of this was new. We always knew that Black people were often the targets of interpersonal and state-sanctioned violence. Racial disparities in healthcare and social resources that leave Black people with some of the overall worst health outcomes were also not new.